During the trial, he argued that he had the right to use whatever means necessary to protect himself and his family.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

He was right. The trial of Andrew Johnson was an important turning point in the making of the American nation.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

The trial found high school teacher John Scopes guilty of violating a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

A doctor examined Brown. He reported that Brown's wounds were not serious enough to prevent the trial from starting.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

In California,a federal judge is studying the evidence in a trial over a ban against same-sex marriage in that state.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

Historians say a trial in the colony of New York in seventeen thirty-five went a long way toward establishing this freedom.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

After his two thousand five trial, the singer spent much of his time in Europe and the Middle East.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

In the trial, two same-sex couples argue that the state ban violates equal protection rights under the United States Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.02.06

But the modern trial by jury is a British tradition that colonists brought to North America centuries ago.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Historians say the trial formed the beginning of the legal idea that a statement is not libelous if it can be proven true.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

Most of the charges at Johnson's trial were based on his dismissal of the secretary of war.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The person on trial had to walk directly to these doors and open one of them.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

He said the trial was a contest between the defense lawyers and the whole United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Also,there is constitutional protection against double jeopardy being put on trial twice for the same crime.

VOA: special.2009.08.31